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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown | ||
| Date | June 7, 2025 | ||
| City | Inglewood, California | ||
| Venue | Intuit Dome | ||
| Attendance | 17,069[1] | ||
| Tagline | The Last Time is Now | ||
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The 2025Money in the Bank, also promoted asMoney in the Bank: Los Angeles, was aprofessional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV) andlivestreamingevent produced byWWE. It was the 16th annualMoney in the Bank event and took place on Saturday, June 7, 2025, at theIntuit Dome inInglewood, California, held for wrestlers from the promotion'sRaw andSmackDownbrand divisions, with one match involving a wrestler from WWE's sister promotionLucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). This was the first Money in the Bank to broadcast onNetflix in most international markets and the first Money in the Bank event to be held in both theU.S. state ofCalifornia and theLos Angeles metropolitan area.
The event is based around theMoney in the Bank ladder match, a multi-personladder match in which participants compete to obtain a contract that grants the respective men's and women's winners a match for achampionship of their choice at any time within the next year. The men's match was won by Raw'sSeth Rollins, while the women's match, which was the opening bout, was won by SmackDown'sNaomi.
Three other matches were contested at the event. In the main event,Cody Rhodes andJey Uso defeatedJohn Cena andLogan Paul, whilst in other prominent matches,Becky Lynch defeatedLyra Valkyria to win Raw'sWWE Women's Intercontinental Championship, and Raw'sDominik Mysterio successfully defended theWWE Intercontinental Championship against AAA'sOctagón Jr. This event also saw a surprise appearance ofR-Truth, as a week prior, it was announced that WWE would not renew his contract; it was subsequently revealed that as a result of fan backlash, his contract was renewed just before the event. The day of the event also marked the 28th anniversary ofMichael Cole making his debut as a play-by-play announcer for the company. This was also John Cena's final Money in the Bank appearance as an in-ring performer due to his retirement from professional wrestling at the end of 2025.
Money in the Bank is an annualprofessional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV) andlivestreamingevent produced byWWE since 2010, generally held between May and July. Along withWrestleMania,Royal Rumble,SummerSlam, andSurvivor Series, it is considered one of the promotion's five biggest events of the year, referred to as the "Big Five".[2] Theconcept of the event comes from WWE's establishedMoney in the Bank ladder match, in which multiple wrestlers useladders to retrieve a briefcase hanging above the ring. The briefcase contains a contract that guarantees the respective men's and women's winners a match for achampionship of their choosing at any time within the next year.[3]
Announced on April 20, 2025, the 16th Money in the Bank, promoted as Money in the Bank: Los Angeles, was scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 7, 2025, at theIntuit Dome inInglewood, California, and featured wrestlers from theRaw andSmackDownbrand divisions. This was the first Money in the Bank to be held in June since the2018 event. As part of Money in the Bank weekend, WWE'sdevelopmental brandNXT, along with the company's Mexican subsidiaryLucha Libre AAA Worldwide, heldWorlds Collide the same day prior to Money in the Bank at the nearbyKia Forum.[4]
In addition to airing on traditional PPV worldwide and via livestreaming onPeacock in the United States, the event was available to livestream onNetflix in most international markets and theWWE Network in any remaining countries that had not yet transferred to Netflix due to pre-existing contracts. This marked the first Money in the Bank to livestream on Netflix following the WWE Network's merger under the service in January 2025 in those areas.[5][4]
The event included five matches that resulted from scripted storylines. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands,[6][7] while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows,Monday Night Raw andFriday Night SmackDown.[8]
Qualifying matches for the men's Money in the Bank ladder match consisted of sixtriple threat matches held across episodes ofRaw andSmackDown, with three spots for each brand. The first qualifier occurred on the May 16 episode ofSmackDown, whereSolo Sikoa defeatedJimmy Uso andRey Fénix.[9]LA Knight qualified on the following week'sSmackDown by defeatingAleister Black andShinsuke Nakamura.[10] Two qualifiers occurred on the May 26 episode ofRaw, wherePenta defeatedChad Gable andDragon Lee, and thenSeth Rollins defeatedFinn Bálor andSami Zayn.[11] On that week'sSmackDown,Andrade earned SmackDown's final spot by defeatingCarmelo Hayes andJacob Fatu,[12] with Raw's final spot determined on the June 2 episode, whereEl Grande Americano defeatedAJ Styles andCM Punk.[13]
Qualifying matches for the women's Money in the Bank ladder match also consisted of six triple threat matches held across episodes ofRaw andSmackDown, with three spots for each brand. The qualifiers also began on the May 16 episode ofSmackDown, whereAlexa Bliss defeatedChelsea Green andMichin.[9] The next two qualifiers occurred on the May 19 episode ofRaw, whereRoxanne Perez defeatedBecky Lynch andNatalya, and thenRhea Ripley defeatedKairi Sane andZoey Stark.[14] The fourth qualifier was determined on that week'sSmackDown, whereGiulia defeatedCharlotte Flair andZelina Vega.[10] SmackDown's final spot was determined on the May 30 episode, whereNaomi defeatedJade Cargill andNia Jax,[12] with Raw's final spot determined on the June 2 episode, whereStephanie Vaquer defeatedIvy Nile andLiv Morgan.[13]
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AtRoyal Rumble,Jey Uso won the men'sRoyal Rumble match by last eliminatingJohn Cena.[15] On Night 1 ofWrestleMania 41, Uso won theWorld Heavyweight Championship,[16] while on Night 2, a nowvillainous Cena defeatedCody Rhodes to win theUndisputed WWE Championship.[17] After WrestleMania, Rhodes took a sabbatical from WWE while Uso began feuding withLogan Paul. AtSaturday Night's Main Event XXXIX, Cena confronted Uso backstage prior to the latter's title defense against Paul. Cena commented on the possibility of Uso losing his title to "aYouTuber" and how that would "ruin wrestling", something Cena promised to do after declaring his intentions to retire as champion at the end of 2025. Later that night, Cena interfered in the title match on Paul's behalf, only to be thwarted by a returning Rhodes. Uso subsequently pinned Paul to retain his title. After the match, Rhodes declared that he and Uso would face Cena and Paul in atag team match at Money in the Bank, which was subsequently made official.[18]
On Night 2 of WrestleMania 41,Lyra Valkyria teamed with a returning Becky Lynch to win theWWE Women's Tag Team Championship,[17] only to immediately lose the title in a rematch the next night onRaw, which infuriated Lynch, causing her toturn on Valkyria.[19] AtBacklash, Valkyria defeated Lynch to retain theWWE Women's Intercontinental Championship, but was subjected to a post-match assault by Lynch.[20] Valkyria then cost Lynch her Money in the Bank qualifying match on the May 19 episode ofRaw.[14] On May 26, a rematch for the Women's Intercontinental Championship was scheduled for Money in the Bank.[21] On that night'sRaw, Lynch proposed aLast Chance stipulation for the match, where if Valkyria won, she would never challenge for the title again for as long as Valkyria was champion, but if Lynch won, Valkyria would have to raise her hand and recognize Lynch as the better woman,[11] the same way that Lynch did back atNXT: Halloween Havoc in 2023 when she lost theNXT Women's Championship to Valkyria,[22] who subsequently agreed.[11]
Hours before Money in the Bank, during the Worlds Collide event, afterOctagón Jr.'s team from AAA had just won their match involvingLatino World Order (LWO) members,WWE Intercontinental ChampionDominik Mysterio, who was sitting at ringside alongside Liv Morgan, interrupted the celebration and mocked Octagón Jr. for being a fan of his dad,Rey Mysterio, the LWO's leader. A brawl broke out and Dominik challenged Octagón Jr. to a match at that night's Money in the Bank, with the Intercontinental Championship on the line, which was subsequently made official.[23]
| Role: | Name: |
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| English commentators | Michael Cole |
| Wade Barrett | |
| Pat McAfee | |
| Spanish commentators | Marcelo Rodríguez |
| Jerry Soto | |
| Ring announcer | Alicia Taylor |
| Referees | Danilo Anfibio |
| Jason Ayers | |
| Jessika Carr | |
| Dan Engler | |
| Daphanie LaShaunn | |
| Eddie Orengo | |
| Charles Robinson | |
| Ryan Tran | |
| Rod Zapata | |
| Interviewers | Cathy Kelley |
| Byron Saxton | |
| Pre-show panel | Vic Joseph |
| Big E | |
| Peter Rosenberg |
The event opened with the women's Money in the Bank ladder match, featuring Roxanne Perez, Rhea Ripley, and Stephanie Vaquer from Raw, and Alexa Bliss, Giulia, and Naomi from SmackDown. Early in the match, Perez and Giulia incapacitated Ripley by burying her under a pile of ladders outside the ring. Upon re-entering the match, Ripley dominated several competitors and used a bridged ladder as a weapon. Vaquer countered Ripley's momentum with repeated attacks before climbing a ladder in an attempt to retrieve the briefcase, but she was intercepted by Perez, Bliss, and Naomi. A sequence of simultaneousCode Red powerbombs by Bliss and Perez drove Naomi and Vaquer onto bridged ladders. As Giulia and Perez fought atop a ladder, Bliss intervened, and Ripley delivered aRiptide to Giulia. Bliss executed aSister Abigail on Perez before she and Ripley fought atop the ladder. Ultimately, Naomi tipped the ladder, sending both to the mat, and ascended to unhook the briefcase and win the match.[24][25]
In the second match, Dominik Mysterio (accompanied by Liv Morgan) defended the Intercontinental Championship against Octagón Jr. As Octagón Jr climbed the top rope, he was distracted by Morgan, allowing Mysterio to perform a619 and aFrog Splash to win the match and retain the title.[24][25]
The third match saw Lyra Valkyria defend the Women's Intercontinental Championship against Becky Lynch. Midway through the match, Valkyria performed aguillotine leg drop on Lynch off the announce table. Lynch delivered aManhandle Slam from the middle rope for a near fall. Valkyria executed her signature Nightwing outside the ring. In the closing moments, Lynch performed aroll-up while holding Valkyria's tights to win the title. After the match, per the stipulation, Valkyria raised Lynch's hand before attacking her with another Nightwing.[24][25]
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The penultimate match was the men's Money in the Bank ladder match, featuring Seth Rollins, Penta, and El Grande Americano from Raw, and Andrade, Solo Sikoa, and LA Knight from SmackDown. The match featured multiple high-risk maneuvers, including asunset flip powerbomb by Andrade, aMexican Destroyer by Penta, and a series ofsuperplexes involving several competitors. Americano introduced aFireball branded ladder and used it as a weapon against the participants. Interference from twofactions occurred late in the match, withBron Breakker andBronson Reed assisting Rollins, andThe Bloodline'sWWE United States ChampionJacob Fatu andJC Mateo intervening on behalf of Sikoa. However, Fatu turned on Sikoa, attacking him and performing aSpinning Solo through a ladder bridge. Rollins delivered acurb stomp to Knight and unhooked the briefcase to win the match, becoming a two-time Money in the Bank winner.[24][25]
The main event was a tag team match pitting Cody Rhodes and World Heavyweight Champion Jey Uso against Undisputed WWE Champion John Cena and Logan Paul. Rhodes and Uso controlled the early portion of the match before Cena and Paul isolated Uso to gain momentum. Midway through the match, tensions between Cena and Paul surfaced and they began shoving each other. Paul accidentally hit Cena with aspringboard splash. Rhodes delivered a superplex to Paul, followed by anUso Splash as Paul operated adrone camera. Usospeared Cena off the announce table. Paul later performed aspringboard moonsault on Uso through the announce table, taking both men out of the match. As the referee tended to the fallen participants, Cena used his championship belt to strike Rhodes. Before he could capitalize, a hooded figure attacked him. The individual was revealed to beR-Truth, whose contract had recentlylegitimately expired,[26] who struck Cena with the title belt and subsequently fled through the crowd. Rhodes recovered and pinned Cena after aCross Rhodes to win the match.[24][25]
Mike Tedesco ofWrestleView called the women's Money in the Bank ladder match "overall pretty good" with "some good moments for some of the young stars, particularly Stephanie Vaquer and Roxanne Perez".[27] Shakiel Mahjouri ofCBS Sports gave it a grade of B+, calling it a "solid ladder match that showcased WWE's evolving women's scene", with Naomi being a "reliable choice who can benefit from the briefcase".[28]Wade Keller ofPro Wrestling Torch called it "an exciting, overall solid ladder match with a few dangerous looking moves and nice pacing without overdoing it".[25]
For the men's Money in the Bank ladder match, Keller called it "exciting start to finish", and "Seth winning made sense since it give [sic] the new Heyman/Seth faction extra juice this summer and no one else was an obvious person to hold it and credibly cash in, although there were fun theories and speculation El Grande Americano winning but someone else cashing it under the Americano mask". Although "not everything was smooth", it was a "satisfying, epic feel overall".[25] Tedesco called it "very good and newsworthy" with "some really awesome spots and not a lot of dead air in this".[27] Mahjouri gave it a grade of A, calling it "one of the best Money in the Bank ladder matches in recent memory" with multiple storylines "incorporated and advanced", Rollins being a major threat with the briefcase, and terrific high spots.[28]
For the main event, Keller called it "spotty with some highs and some long stretches of lows", but R-Truth's return "overrides pretty much anything else".[25] Mahjouri gave it a grade of A+, stating that although "it wasn't a technical classic", "the back half was great sports entertainment" with a "clever" drone spot, a perfect springboard moonsault by Paul, and R-Truth's return being "one of the best surprises in recent memory. If wrestling is about moments, you won't find many better ones this year".[28] Tedesco called it "excellent", and "for the first part, it felt like a house show tag match, but it picked up in a big way". He called Money in the Bank "pretty good" and "not a bad way to spend a Saturday night".[27]
Dave Meltzer, writing for theWrestling Observer Newsletter, rated the women's and men's Money in the Bank ladder matches at 3.5 stars and 4.5 stars respectively, the Intercontinental Championship match at 2 stars, the Women's Intercontinental Championship match at 3.5 stars, and the main event at 3.5 stars.[29]
Undisputed WWE Champion John Cena opened the following episode ofRaw to talk about R-Truth's return, but was interrupted by CM Punk, who came to defend the audience. Punk then set his sights on winning the title from Cena, and Cena announced that the match would take place atNight of Champions, before being interrupted by the men's Money in the Bank contract holder Seth Rollins.[30] At Night of Champions, Cena successfully defended the Undisputed WWE Championship against Punk after interference from Rollins, Bron Breakker, and Bronson Reed.[31] On Night 1 ofSummerSlam, Rollins cashed in the Money in the Bank contract on Punk to win the World Heavyweight Championship.[32]
Also onRaw, R-Truth thanked the fans for making their voices heard before cutting off his hair and ending the R-Truth character, now being known as Ron Killings.[30]
As the new Women's Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch was addressing her title win, she was interrupted by Lyra Valkyria. However, before Valkyria could confront Lynch, Lynch was attacked by a returningBayley, who had been out of action since April due to a backstage attack by Lynch prior to Lynch's return at WrestleMania 41.[30] On the June 23 episode ofRaw, Bayley faced Lynch for the title, but the match ended in a disqualification victory for Lynch after interference from Valkyria.[33] The following week, Bayley and Valkyria faced each other to determine who would challenge Lynch for the title, but the match ended in a double pinfall.[34] This led to a triple threat match for the Women's Intercontinental Championship atEvolution,[35] where Lynch retained.[36]
Undisputed WWE Champion John Cena opened the subsequent episode ofSmackDown addressing the events of Money in the Bank and the following episode ofRaw, before being interrupted and confronted by Cody Rhodes,Randy Orton (who Cena had controversially defeated at Backlash), and LA Knight. As Cena was leaving, he was ambushed and attacked by Ron Killings. An irate Cena would return to the ring later that night to address the attack by Killings, only to be interrupted by his Night of Champions opponent CM Punk. After their confrontation, Cena was again attacked by Killings. As a result, a non-title match between Cena and Killings was scheduled for the June 20 episode ofSmackDown.[37] The match ended when Cena got himself disqualified by hitting Killings with the title belt. After the match, Punk attacked Cena, but Cena performed alow blow and anAttitude Adjustment on Punk through a table before cutting a"pipe bomb" promo on Punk, similar to how Punk delivered his own "pipe bomb" on Cena14 years prior.[38]
United States Champion Jacob Fatu talked about his betrayal of Solo Sikoa and The Bloodline, before being interrupted by Sikoa, who stated that he was ready to forgive Fatu, but also threatened to take Fatu out.[37] The following week, Sikoa apologized to Fatu, who did not accept it, and stated that Sikoa changed since Fatu won the title. Fatu then challenged Sikoa to a match for the title, however, Sikoa tried to attack Fatu, who prevented it. JC Mateo joined Sikoa in attacking Fatu, who got the upper hand after an assist fromJimmy Uso. Later that night, Fatu announced that after speaking with SmackDown General ManagerNick Aldis, he would defend the title against Sikoa at Night of Champions,[38] where Fatu lost the title to Sikoa after interference from the returningTonga Loa and the debutingTalla Tonga.[31]
Women's Money in the Bank contact holder Naomi talked about her win at Money in the Bank and the prospect of cashing in onWWE Women's ChampionTiffany Stratton, before being interrupted by Stratton. After a back-and-forth exchange on the mic, Stratton was attacked by Nia Jax.[37] The following week, aLast Woman Standing match between Stratton and Jax for the title was scheduled for the June 27 episode,[38] where Stratton retained.[39] At Evolution, Naomi cashed in the Money in the Bank contract onIyo Sky to win theWomen's World Championship.[36]
On August 6, 2025, WWE announced thatESPN'sdirect-to-consumer streaming service would assume the streaming rights of WWE's main roster PPV and livestreaming events in the United States. This was originally to begin withWrestleMania 42 in April 2026, but was pushed up to September 2025 withWrestlepalooza. As such, this was the last Money in the Bank to livestream on Peacock in the US.[40][41]
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[24] | ||
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| 1 | Naomi defeatedAlexa Bliss,Giulia,Rhea Ripley,Roxanne Perez, andStephanie Vaquer | Money in the Bank ladder match for awomen's championship match contract[42] | 25:15 | ||
| 2 | Dominik Mysterio (c) (withLiv Morgan) defeatedOctagón Jr. bypinfall | Singles match for theWWE Intercontinental Championship[42] | 4:55 | ||
| 3 | Becky Lynch defeatedLyra Valkyria (c) bypinfall | Last Chance match for theWWE Women's Intercontinental Championship[42] Had Lynch lost, she would have never been able to challenge for the title again for as long as Valkyria was champion. Since Valkyria lost, she was forced to raise Lynch's hand and acknowledge her as the better woman. | 15:20 | ||
| 4 | Seth Rollins (withPaul Heyman) defeatedAndrade,El Grande Americano,LA Knight,Penta, andSolo Sikoa | Money in the Bank ladder match for amen's championship match contract[42] | 33:35 | ||
| 5 | Cody Rhodes andJey Uso defeatedJohn Cena andLogan Paul bypinfall | Tag team match[42] | 23:45 | ||
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